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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1931

1,487 stories in Sydney's papers · page 67 of 75

Fiery Bluff Don't Let Storm Scare You

The Sun · Tuesday 10 November 1931 · page 11

A fireball, leaping blithely about the premises during a storm such as we had last Sunday, is apt to upset the average householder…

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Tons of Hail Storm's Tail-end Still Here

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 November 1931 · page 9

THOUSANDS of tons of hail fell during the week-end, Mr. Mares said last night. Fortunately, the tendency with…

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Ordeal in Church Storm's Fury Was Feared Roof Crashed

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 November 1931 · page 9

GOULBURN, Monday.--Thirty parishioners spent a nerve-racking hour yesterday in the little stone Anglican Church at…

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In Trail of Storm Amazing Tornado Freakishness Debris Mass

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 November 1931 · page 9

CROOKWELL, Monday.--Utter desolation and ruin exist in the wake of the tornado, and clearing operations in progress all day had little…

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"I Very Seldom See A Storm--" Weather Man MARES Explains Why

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 November 1931 · page 6

Perhaps I shall surprise you a little when I write that I haven't seen a good storm for years. Not personally. I didn't even get a truly satisfying view of the splendid one that raged on Sunday…

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Efforts To Declare The "Feeder" Services Black Are Unsuccessful Storms at Meeting Chair Refuses Motion Free Fights

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 November 1931 · page 7

Attempts to declare "black" all bus feeder services to trams were repulsed by union officials at a…

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Butler Wrests England - Aust. Air Record From Scott a Perfect Landing at Darwin with Over an Hour to Spare Electric Storms Over Timor Sea Darwin

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 10 November 1931 · page 1

The young Lithgow aviator, Mr. Arthur C. Butler, smashed the England-Australia air record by 1 hour 43 minutes. Butler landed at Darwin at 4.23 o'clock this afternoon, having completed the journey in 9 days 1 hour 43 minutes, as against C. W. A. Scott's previous…

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Showrooms Flood Water's Rush Big Main Bursts

The Sun · Tuesday 10 November 1931 · page 12

When a 12-inch water main burst outside the furniture showrooms of O. K. Elliott's, in Parramatta-road, Camperdown. last night. six feet of…

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In the Wake of a Cyclonic Storm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 November 1931 · page 14

All that remained of Mr. W. O'Brien's six-roomed residence at Bannister, in the Crookwell district, following this week's cyclone…

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Financial Aid for Gale Swept Country London, Tuesday. (Official Wireless.)

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 11 November 1931 · page 1

The Jamaican Legislative Council has voted £1000 In aid of British Honduras, which was struck by a hurricane…

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Irony of the Storm Hail Kept Off This Glass-house

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 November 1931 · page 8

From experience, Mr. Bruce McRae, well-known carrier and nurseryman, of Parramatta, knew what damage could be done to glass-houses by…

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Burst Water Main Floods Furniture Basement

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 November 1931 · page 15

The basement of the furniture factory of O. K. Elliott's, Ltd., in Parramatta-road, Camperdown, was flooded on Monday night, when a 12-inch water main burst. Within a…

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Severe Gales Channel Coast Suffers London

The Sun · Thursday 12 November 1931 · page 1

THE gale in the Channel continued with unabated force to-day and the whole of the South Coast experienced storms of exceptional severity. The wind reached a velocity of 70 miles an hour in some places…

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Ravage of the Storm

The Sun · Thursday 12 November 1931 · page 4

ORANGE, Thursday. -- Examination has revealed considerable damage to many orchards by Sunday's hailstorm, among the worst sufferers…

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Damage by Lightning Gale's Havoc on the South Fires at Guildford

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 12 November 1931 · page 9

In darkness like night, over a hundred car were held up along Hume Highway at Liverpool in the storm on Sunday afternoon, Other drivers, more…

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Yacht Sinks in Gale Near Bombora Escape in Dinghy £500 Loss

The Sun · Thursday 12 November 1931 · page 15

With their yacht rapidly foundering near the bombora at Dobroyd Point, in Sunday's storm, and only a half-swamped dinghy to carry them…

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Swept by Gale Houses Torn Up by Huge Waves Great Havoc London

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 November 1931 · page 7

The worst Channel gale for a quarter of a century caused terrific havoc this morning on the South Coast…

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A.w.u. & A.l.p. a Sudden Storm Rival Logs

The Sun · Thursday 12 November 1931 · page 21

"This is the most damnable miscarriage of justice I have ever seen," exclaimed Mr. M. Henwood (advocate for the A.W.U.)…

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Storm Losses. Parkes Wheat Farmers. Crops Almost Total Loss. Parkes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 November 1931 · page 9

A deputation of farmers interviewed Mr. G. A. Gibbons. Federal member for Calare, seeking his assistance in obtaining help from the Federal Government to compensate them…

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Helping the Orphan Boys. Annual Westmead Reunion. Success in Spite of Storm

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 12 November 1931 · page 7

The annual reunion of the friends and admirers of St. Vincent's Boys' Home, Westmead, took place on Sunday last. The glorious sunshine and blue skies of…

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